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Henry Lee of Ditchley

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165: 263: 282:, a symbol of wisdom and also his device as queen's champion. His sleeves are also decorated with lovers knots which, combined with the armillary spheres can be seen to represent his love for learning (the wisdom of the armillary spheres) and for the Queen (his symbol as her champion). Lee also wears several rings tied to his arm, and has his finger through a third ring around his neck. This may represent his marriages, and the third ring, which is not quite on his finger, may represent his relationship with Anne Vavasour. 271: 127: 286: 61: 297:
in Oxfordshire, from 1583. He commissioned the Ditchley Portrait of Queen Elizabeth, which shows her standing on a map of the British Isles, surveying her dominions; one foot rests near Ditchley in Oxfordshire, to commemorate her visit to Sir Henry Lee there. He was later noted for refusing to
354:. Anne of Denmark visited Lee at his lodge near Ditchley known as the "Little Rest" and talked to Anne Vavasour on 15 September 1608. A few days later the queen sent her a jewel worth more than £100, which pleased Lee to see "his sweet-heart so graced". 335:, and his wife Anne Preston, by whom he had two sons, John Lee and Henry Lee, both of whom died young, and a daughter, Mary Lee, who is said to have eloped with one John Worsley in February 1579, but died without issue, likely in 1583. 208:. Lee had three younger brothers, Robert Lee (died c.1598), Thomas Lee, and Cromwell Lee (d.1601), who compiled an Italian-English dictionary. Lee also had an illegitimate half-brother, 316:, and are depicted in the album of drawings left behind by that workshop. Portions of the armour survive to the present day. One of the armours currently stands in the hall of the 846: 164: 236:
court festival from the 1580s. He retired as Queen's Champion in 1590, and the poems "His Golden Locks" by George Peele and "Time's Eldest Son" were set to music by
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Sir Henry, like most courtiers of the day, had a portrait painted by a leading artist. In Lee's picture, his sleeves are decorated with
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Lee, Richard (bef.1548–1608), of Hook Norton, Oxfordshire; Dane John, Canterbury and the Savoy, London, History of Parliament
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called the "Dutchkin." Three suits of armour were made for Sir Henry Lee by the renowned
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visited Ditchley on 15 September 1603 with the French ambassador and a duke, who
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and performed at the lavish retirement pageant. He was made a Knight of the
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Lee married, on 21 May 1554, Anne Paget (d.1590), the daughter of
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Lee became Queen Elizabeth I's champion in 1570 and was appointed
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receive his monarch a second time, because of the expense.
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Burrow, Colin (2004). "Wyatt, Sir Thomas (c.1503–1542)".
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Ditchley Portrait of Elizabeth I by Marcus Gheeraerts
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in 1580, an office which he held until his death. As
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His heir and cousin, also Sir Henry Lee, became 1st
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Index

Henry Lee (died 1611)
Henry Lee (disambiguation)
Sir
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Antonis Mor
Sir Anthony Lee
Margaret Wyatt

KG
Ditchley
Queen's Champion
Master of the Armouries
Elizabeth I of England

Kent
Sir Robert Lee
Sir Anthony Lee
Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire
Margaret Wyatt
Sir Henry Wyatt
Allington Castle
Reigate
Sir Thomas Wyatt
Sir Richard Lee
Master of the Armoury
Queen's Champion
Accession Day tilts
Elizabethan
John Dowland

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